Potato peeler



April 7, l1931.

" w. J. KURTZ E'r AL 1,799,562

POTATO PEELER Filed Deo. 4, 1929 Sin Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT o/FFIC WILLIAM J. KURTZ AND FREDERICK H. srrntLnnor WASHINGTON, I Isrmo'rfor f kCOLUMBIA w, l,

roTA'ro rEELE'RYj` l Appiication mearecemberi, i929. seriaino. 4111.528.'`

This invention relatesy to improvements in culinary implements, and more particularly f to an improved form of potato peeler,which may be supported on one hand in the manner 5 of a glove, and which will be provided with a plurality of upwardly extending cutting teeth for removing the peel or outer skin from a potato or other vegetable when they are rubbed back and forth over the vegetable.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved potato peeler, which will have a flexible body portion in which a plurality of cutting rteeth are molded or vulcanized, and which will have nger stalls formed on the back thereof for positively supporting the same on a hand of the user.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved potato peeling implement having its body portion preferably formed of laminated sheets of rubber, between which a plurality of metalstaples are disposed with their prongs extending through one of the sheets of rubber and above the same to form cutting teeth, said staples being securely held in position by asubsequent vulcanizing of the rubber sheets.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved potato peeler whichwill have a flexible body portion in which a plurality of cutting teeth are -molded or vulcanized, and which will have an annular raised bead of rubber formed on the side of the body carrying the teeth, and a plurality of nger stalls on the opposite side thereof.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of our application,

improved potato peeler;

Fig. 2 is a plan viewy of the back of our improved potato peeler; f

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 'of Fig. 1, and l y Fig. 4 is a perspective view of lonekof the staples forming the cutting teeth.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

Fig. l is a plan view of the front of our carrying out ourinventiomwe provide two sheets of liexible material 'l and 2, preferably ofrubber, and form an annular bead 3 about the edge of the sheet l to extend upwardlyv from the. lsurface thereof.

A plurality of metal staples l are then arranged as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, by forcing'the spaced cutting edgesf5 through the sheet l, so that they ,will extend above the surface vof the .same to the approximate height of the annular bead 3. The sheet of rubber 2 is then placed in contact with' the sheet l, and thesame vulcanized together,

thereby positively holding the'staples and Vcutting teeth in xed position with respect Vto the thumb and ytwo spaced stalls for each iinger of the hand, also a molded palm rest 7.

We have foundby experiment that theV particular arrangement vof the staples shown in Fig. 1 is the mosty desirable, that is,the cutting edges are arranged in spaced rows, and the adjacent rows are staggered, so that there will be an overlapping ofthe cutting teeth.

vThe teeth are arranged to extend transversely across thebody of the implement throughout the central portion thereof, while the teeth at the opposite sides thereof are arranged an- Vgularly thereto.

The mode of operation is as follows: The implement is supported on one hand by placing the thumb and lingers inthe stalls 6, with the teeth extending outwardly from the palm@ grasped in one hand and the implement' rubbed over the surface thereof to elfect the Vpeeling of thesame. It is to be understood thatthe relative movement between the teeth of the implement and the vegetable to be peeled is what causes the scraping of the peel from the said vegetable.

The body of the implement being flexible permits the same to readily lex upon movement of the hand supporting the same, thereby adapting the same to accommodate any size of vegetable and any curvature of surface. v

Many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to Without-departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described our invention What We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a flexible body, a Vplurality of angularly arranged offset cutting teeth embedded in said body, a protecting bead formed about the periphery of said body and extending approximately flush With the cutting edges of said teeth, and hand engaging means `on the back of said body.

2. A device of the character described comprising `a laminated body formed of sheet frubber, a plurality of angularly arranged ofiset staples having spaced cutting teeth embedded between the sheets of rubber and extending through and above one of said sheets, and a protect-ing bead integrally formed about the periphery of said body and extending approximately flush With the cutting edges of said teeth.

3, A device of thecharacter described comprising a molded flexible body, a plurality of angularly arranged offset staples having spaced cutting edges embedded in said body, a protecting bead formed integrally about the periphery of said body and yextending approximately Hush With the cutting edges of said teeth, and finger stalls formed on the back of said body.

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WM. J KURTZ. `F. H. SHELLEDY In testimony whereof We aiiix our signay 

